Families, do you trust your teachers to take education seriously?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the Union leaders wrote the book on victim blaming.

Parents: Unions are ruining my life! All they do is complain and act in their own self interest.
Parents: Have zero self awareness or ability to reflect.

I’m reflecting. Here’s where I landed. My kid did absolutely nothing wrong. The assignment was in the right place, turned in before it was due. Ultimately got an A. When there appeared to be a problem, shee wrote a polite email, advocating for her 504 accommodations.

The teacher was 100% wrong. He shot off a nasty email without checking first to make sure it wasn’t his error. At a minimum, he could have responded more appropriately. And then he doubled down: with DH, then with me, the. With the counselor, until we needed a meeting with the AP and DD handing in proof of submission for him to say: oppps, my bad. (She screen shots and files submissions because ADH).

What am I missing?

NP. PP, I understand. Things like this happen all the time and everyone wants to blame your child or you. This is one of the reasons kids with special needs or, even worse, kids like mine who the school refused a 504 but who really needed it, wind up getting lost, discouraged, and detached from their educational experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a stupid question. Teachers eat, sleep, and breathe education. They burn out quickly because they take it too seriously sometimes. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean the education is any good, especially in big counties like Fairfax, where all the important decisions are made by higher ups who never set foot in a classroom.

This is funny because of the contrast with the other thread asking teachers whether they believe families are taking COVID seriously enough. It's fair to say that parents eat, sleep, and breathe the well-being of their families at at the LEAST a similar proportion. And yet teachers in the other thread believe they should be the arbiters of which activities are good and bad. So, either us family members get to decide whether teachers are taking education seriously enough OR the premise of this question was intended to turn the logic of the original post on its head.

But whatever, pick your poison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a stupid question. Teachers eat, sleep, and breathe education. They burn out quickly because they take it too seriously sometimes. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean the education is any good, especially in big counties like Fairfax, where all the important decisions are made by higher ups who never set foot in a classroom.

This is funny because of the contrast with the other thread asking teachers whether they believe families are taking COVID seriously enough. It's fair to say that parents eat, sleep, and breathe the well-being of their families at at the LEAST a similar proportion. And yet teachers in the other thread believe they should be the arbiters of which activities are good and bad. So, either us family members get to decide whether teachers are taking education seriously enough OR the premise of this question was intended to turn the logic of the original post on its head.

But whatever, pick your poison.

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[Anonymous]

No. The school system exists to keep teachers employed, not educate students. It wasn't clear to me until this year, but not it's crystal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. The school system exists to keep teachers employed, not educate students. It wasn't clear to me until this year, but not it's crystal.

Especially now with PK teachers still drawing their full salary while doing DL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. The school system exists to keep teachers employed, not educate students. It wasn't clear to me until this year, but not it's crystal.

Especially now with PK teachers still drawing their full salary while doing DL.

Ugh. This makes me so mad. They're not providing any service whatsoever. Even they know it's a joke.

[Anonymous]

Ugh. My kid's teacher didn't even show up for Zoom today. Just links to YouTube.

[Anonymous]

Oh look, another thread devoted to hating teachers. Stoking the fire.

[Anonymous]

well, there is a whole other thread constructed for teachers to hate parents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh look, another thread devoted to hating teachers. Stoking the fire.

Neat! Stokes-the-Fire is here too!

Sorry, you can't derail a thread that was clearly intended to derail a conversation in the first place.

[Anonymous]

I think that my kids' teachers are trying hard. I just think that distance learning doesn't allow them to actually do what they do -- the delivery just really fails over zoom. So to the extent that certain teachers aren't advocating for IPL for young kids or special needs kids, no, I don't think they are taking education seriously. To the extent that teachers ARE advocating for IPL (and getting vaccinated), then yes, I do think those teachers are taking education seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that my kids' teachers are trying hard. I just think that distance learning doesn't allow them to actually do what they do -- the delivery just really fails over zoom. So to the extent that certain teachers aren't advocating for IPL for young kids or special needs kids, no, I don't think they are taking education seriously. To the extent that teachers ARE advocating for IPL (and getting vaccinated), then yes, I do think those teachers are taking education seriously.

Thank you for seeing that teachers aren't a monolith.

[Anonymous]

I'm so mad. I keep hearing about teachers who are getting vaccinated and then choosing not to go in after that. How base can you get?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm so mad. I keep hearing about teachers who are getting vaccinated and then choosing not to go in after that. How base can you get?

How many of these are you personally knowledgeable about? I teach an ES grade and can’t think of anyone who is doing this. Teachers can’t just choose to not go in unless they are taking a LOA or have an ADA accommodation and I know of only one in my building with an ADA.

[Anonymous]

This entire pandemic situation has unmasked how low of a priority students are in the educational system in this country.